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It appears that facebook has taken over. It's so much easier to upload photos there... so my poor blog hasn't received much attention since then I realize.
I was about to update photos, but honestly... where to start? It's been almost 2 year since I consistently uploaded photos on here... I feel awful.
I think I will attempt to write here more often, and make a scrapbook (even if it's the online kind) every year. Better get cracking on that!!

We just had a very lovely Christmas at home. Barbara and Richard came over on Christmas day when we were done opening gifts. The kids were truly spoiled. I made Tenzin a hobby donkey (because he asked for a wool donkey) and sewed a new stroller seat for Myla's doll stroller. Tenzin got a few lego sets, a science set, a CD player, loads of books, a magazine subscription... the list goes on. Myla got a lot of new wood play toys for her kitchen. She loves them. More books, slippers, Tenzin gave her a cardboard playhouse. I got a serger! It's wonderful! Tai got me some sewing magazines, AND I got a bubbly water machine! SO exciting! Tai got the nook color, and he is very happy about it!
We had our famous Swedish smorgasbord Christmas eve dinner (a few nights in a row)
We went up to find a little snow for Tenzin to do a little sledding. We will still have to go again, there wasn't much. We have spent two weeks mostly just at home enjoying Christmas music, decorating, baking... All my favorite things.
It was a very fun and cozy family Christmas.

The kids are growing quick. Myla is becoming less of a baby and more of a little girl everyday. This year I'll have a 3 year old and a 6 year old! I can't believe it!

They are so fun right now, SO busy, but so fun. Tenzin comes up with so many projects everyday. Many are food involved. Today he created roasted chestnut and nutmeg biscuits. Myla is enjoying drawing and reading a LOT.

This year we will have our wedding in Hawaii. It's exciting, but also a little overwhelming.
Last night I had a dream that it was our wedding day and I hadn't planned a thing. I still needed to find a dress and location- everything. Total nightmare!

Anyway, there is a really quick update. I will make good effort to blog more in the new year. The kids are just changing so quickly. It would be nice if they could look back and see this blog someday.

Looking forward to a wonderful 2011!!

It's 2011! I better get caught up with blogging!!!

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Oh What a Decade!

2000

* We all survived Y2K

* I move to Maui.
* I meet my Tai on a beach on Halloween.
* I am working as a nanny and watch Bush get elected with the family I am working for. The father in the family is happy. The mother and I are not.

2001

* I turn the legal drinking age for the third time due to excessive moving (Europe /Canada/USA)
* I am on an bike at the gym when I see the trade towers fall on a TV in front of me. I stop pedaling and watch them fall over and over in replays. I can not believe it.
* Tai and I plan our year long trip to Asia

2002

* Trip to Asia- India, Nepal (Annapurna circuit 30 day trek over 186 miles and a pass of 17,769 ft. most amazing travel experience to date. Tai asks me to marry him on the pass. We say we will get married someday) Off to Thailand and Indonesia. I volunteer as a tutor to a monk, teaching English to a school and working in an orphanage.
* We show up to a very quiet Bali after the bombing.

2003

* We move back to Seattle (Fremont) I start teaching and going to school to become a waldorf kindergarten teacher
* Iraq is invaded.

2004

* In June Tai asks me to marry him again in a Sushi restaurant in Seattle. I say Yes and we decide to get married August 2005.
* In July I get pregant and am due April 2005. Hold the dress, please pass the diapers.
* I move back to Maui to teach while Tai goes to Alaska on a short contract as a Fisheries observer. He returns when I’m 4 months pregnant.
* We move to the Big Island of Hawaii so that Tai can get a job in marine biology.

2005

* I give birth to my first baby boy on April 4th- Tenzin Kai. Born at home in Hawaii. He weighs 11lbs 3oz and it just amazing in every way.
* I graduate with baby in tow.
* Bush is sworn in for his second term as president. Seriously America? I’m devastated.

2006

* Tai’s Mom’s house burns down. A major tragedy. We are happy that everyone survived.

* We move to Vashon Island in Washington to be closer to family (no ocean between us)
* We prepare to open a preschool

2004

* We open our preschool- Roots and Wings
* I get pregnant with angel #2
* Senator Barack Obama of Illinois declares his candidacy for President
* Massachusetts becomes the first state to make it legal for same-sex couples to marry.

2008

* Myla Joy is born at a birth center in Seattle. She is perfect, beautiful and only 7lbs13oz.. Our family feels complete.
* Obama becomes the first black President of US. Hope is restored.

2009

* Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States in front of a crowd of more than one million.
* We move to Nevada City, California

2010

* I turn the big 3-0

* My little store Violet Sprout that I have been running on the side for a few years moves to an amazing location in downtown Grass Valley.
* House passes health care bill. We
* We move to Chico, California

And here we are. The new year started out well. Tenzin invented roasted chestnut and nutmeg biscuits.

Wishing everyone a very lovely year!

At the end of the day

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It's still dark when Tenzin yells from his room "I'm scared!" I look at the clock. 5:30.

"What are you scared of?" (long pause) "...Spiders" then I hear a smaller voice. "scared. spiders"

4 feet come running into our room. Myla jumps on top of me. Tenzin goes on the other side and complains that he doesn't have enough covers (even though when you cover him he will always immediately kick them all off) "I want to snuggle with Mama!" Tenzin nudges. "MY MAMA!" says Myla squeezing me. Tenzin tries to get closer and pulls some of my hair out with his elbow. "I'm hungry" Tenzin whines.

"Tenzin, it's still so early. Have a banana and we'll get up soon."

"I want eggs." with lots of wiggling and lots of whining, and a bare painful patch on my scalp I make peace with the fact that there is no more sleep to be had.

Breakfast is served and Myla screeches like perhaps there is a spider in her bowl. "Myla, what is it?"

"NO! I want tiny baby bowl!!" (Everything has to be "tiny" and "baby" right now. If it involves "kitty" it's even better.)

"Myla, that's the smallest bowl in the house, that IS the tiny baby bowl." (+ 10 minutes of crying)

Getting two kids out of the house in the morning is pure torture.

Making sure they don't look like ragga muffin urchins is almost impossible.

I have gotten really good at doing hair while running down the hall, although the pigtails are a little wabi sabi at times.

Getting kids dressed should be in the Olympics. Myla likes to throw a fit while I'm putting on her tights making the task of stuffing two chubby kicking legs into the twisty tight tubes even more of a challenge than it already is. They turn inside out, come off with the kicking, and then in a big kerfuffle she comes out looking pretty cute. Now she needs shoes... She wants to wear her pink fuzzy slippers or her sparkly pink princess shoes that I won't actually let her wear in public. How to convince her of these lovely sensible brown boots?

Meanwhile Tenzin has made it to the boxer brief stage, and is gloriously running around the living room and literally climbing the walls. (Rock walls. Brilliant idea...) More kerfuffle. Vitamins? Teeth brushed? Faces washed? Wait... did I eat breakfast?

I'll leave the middle of the day events for your imagination. Make sure to keep in mind dropping off, picking up, 3 loads of laundry, a triple batch of banana bread (with "help") sewing Halloween costumes and slippers, meals, snacks, crafts with kids and cleaning up after all of those activities....

Tai arrives to a seemingly calm household (oh little does he know.) Dinner actually goes off without a hitch. Tenzin announces that he has to go poop at the dinner table (which he has done on cue for 5 years running) and says "Myla, do you want to go poop too?"

"Yah, poop too!" Myla toddles down the hallway after him. Tai and I stare at each other like we just won the lottery. Oh my gosh, 5 minutes, maybe 7, we could have a whole conversation! We're 45 seconds into this blissful moment when I hear a scream. This was one of those serious screams that a mother panics about. I bolt down the hallway. It is so loud and high pitched and long that I was worried that Tenzin had seriously injured himself. Did he loose an extremity? Is there a giant scorpion? My mind raced with anything that could have possibly happened on the toilet in that 45 seconds. Once in the bathroom I couldn't see any blood. Just Tenzin standing up, his face bright red, tears streaming down, still screaming. "What is it Tenzin?!?" He can't talk, just scream.

"Tenzin, you have to tell me what it is so that I can help you."

"My yittle hat fell into the toilet" And there, in the toilet, was a little tiny viking helmet belonging to a little tiny toy that I have never even seen. Clearly this was an emergency. Next to that tiny helmet was a big poop. I quickly rescue this very important viking helmet, so that we could move on with the bath/book/bedtime kerfuffle that very much resembles the getting ready to go in the morning kerfuffle. Just trade tights for zip up jammies, and the car for beds and it's pretty much the same deal. Now there are two sweet little heads sleeping on two sweet little pillows. At the end of the day I sit here in a bed strewn with clothes that were once folded, but have since been turned into a launch pad. At the end of the day I remind myself that the days are long, but the years are short. Tomorrow may be quite similar to today, and somehow I look forward to it.

Baby Shoes

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No need to hide (them) in the closet any longer! I am fully admitting to my baby shoe addiction/obsession. "Hello, my name is Keri. I'm a baby shoe addict. I have been addicted to baby shoes for about 20 years, possibly longer."
It's just that they are so cute, and perfect and they are made for babies feet, which are also so cute and perfect! What is not to love?

Myla's first walking shoes

My first shoes

My Grandmother's shoes (worn by Myla. That's a whole other post!)

Mini flip flops picked out by Tenzin for Myla before she was born.

A few old handmade shoes... there have been since many more.

Some unusual ones

Made in Italy is always good. (or any foreign baby shoes for that matter) Vintage doesn't hurt either.... just saying...

Some current faves

A shoe drawer, and favorite place for Myla to play

These shoes are ready to (GASP!) find new homes.

So I do get rid of some baby shoes.
Isn't that the first baby step of the 12 step baby shoe addict program?

Returning from my "year off"

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Woah, I'm back. Saying that I took a year off is a bit of a joke... How can you have a year off when you have kids?!
My last post was of Tenzin's 4th birthday! I have a lot of catching up to do!
Tenzin is now a 5 year old that is swimming and biking like crazy. Myla is 2, and is definitely 2! She is hilarious, demanding, feisty, and cute and sweet all at the same time! So what did you miss exactly in this year off? Well, we moved from our dear little Vashon Island to Northern California. We made the move in hopes of me getting some time off with my kids, and especially Myla, since she was a very busy toddler. I did get that time, which I am so thankful for! Tai started his web design business, and I started my little children's shop "Violet Sprout" Which has been a great success! Tai's business has been off and on, and we are feeling like the area we live in just isn't big enough for us to really thrive. So, another move for the Travis family! We are really hoping the next place will be just right! We're looking at Chico. Warm and sunny all year, a nice size, waldorf elementary and high school, but this good sized town needs a waldorf preschool! (enter the end of my year off!)
I am excited about starting up a school again, but at the same time the move and the thought of starting another school is quite intimidating! Moving with the kids is always hard...
Chico has a lot to offer, and I think we are really going to enjoy it!
Stay tuned for the move and more on Chico!
It's good to be back!

4 candles on Tenzin's cake!

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Tenzin is 4! Yay!!!!

Too tired to blog

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As you can clearly see from my previous blog, really tired people shouldn't blog. It's a disaster. There are double photos, titles in wrong places, a mish mash of disconnected photos....
But I'm too tired to fix it.

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Tenzin's Sock Monkey Party

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Tenzin's sock monkey party was a blast! With all his favorite monkey friends to make his day extra special! Happy birthday my little monkey!

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Tenzin is 4!!! It's very hard to realize that my baby boy is 4 already... He's very happy to be 4. He loved his birthday and had SUCH a good one! We have a birthday tradition of putting as many balloons in his room as he is years old. We also put the birthday gifts in his room and set our alarm for 6 to wake him up singing with a candle. (Just like birth with noise and lights) But this year big Mr. 4 year old decided to foil our plan. He usually wakes up at 7:30, so by setting my clock for 6 I thought for sure I'd be up before him. He came in to our room at 5:30. Gifts had ALL been unwrapped. I didn't get to see him open one....
This included the sock monkey that I sewed for him and a sock monkey shirt that I sewed too... Oh well.
He had a fun sock monkey party where we decorated sock "creatures" played some games, had a sock monkey cake and played outside where there were monkeys hiding in the trees. Oh, and there was a bubble machine filling the yard with bubbles.
It was pretty fun!! I would say the party went perfectly, which is kind of hard to imagine. From there we had spring break so we had pop, grandma sue and GG stay with us for a few days, then we went to the city with them for 2 days. Tenzin had a good time swimming at the pool and hanging out with so many people that love to give him attention. Thanks you guys!

Well, cheers to a fabulous 4th year!

Happy Birthday Tenzin! We love you!

Bunny Teeth (almost...)

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Myla cut another 2 teeth!! Her top right and left side tooth. JUST like her brother. For a little while it is a funny sight because it looks like they are missing a tooth.
She has been sitting up well for a while now and starting to reach so far forward that she's almost getting over. She really wants to crawl! She laughs and smiles a lot (mostly at her brother) She just had her first visit with her GG and loved riding on her motor chair with her! She pees on the potty just about every time we put her on, which is a lot!! She's very happy with herself!

The most beautiful photos ever!

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We were VERY fortunate to have Leslie come photograph Tenzin + Myla. She did an absolutely BEAUTIFUL job!!! WE love you Leslie!!!!!!

Check out her Vancouver
Wedding and Portrait website.

She is AWESOME!!!! I know I have beautiful children :) But she made them really stand out in these photos!

Catching up with blogging...

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Hi Friends!
Sorry I've been slacking on the blogging...

I have just updated the last few months so there is a lot to look at!
Below you will see the new band that Tenzin is in. Fondly named "The Roots and Wings Preschool Rock and Roll Band!" Rock on!
I am going to attempt to upload some videos soon AND I have a big blog coming with the best photos ever that Les took! Get ready!

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Makin' Butta

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We made some butter today! It was really too exciting! I don't have a very good picture of the churn, but here are the rest of the steps involved. Too bad I can't have dairy right now (because of Myla's allergy...) Everyone else said it was yumma!

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Oh, the cake!

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Happy Birthday Pappa!!!

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Tai is 33 this year! He had a long drawn out birthday as we all should! He got to go snowboarding with his friend Trevor, Had a day of his choice (hiking and drawing on the beach) and had a magnificent birthday breakfast (french toast with whip cream and strawberries, and BACON. This is a once a year special where I actually *gulp* cook bacon. I started the tradition last year to show my love for him. I HATE bacon, so this is big. I read how to cook bacon online and he says it's the best he's ever had. There you go! Keri the great bacon cooker...

He also had a nice oyster fest and home made ice cream cake. It was all good!

Tenzin drew this picture of Pappa.

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Spring

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Here is my little craft contribution to spring. A little robin's nest! Felted buffalo wool and painted porceline eggs. A little rough.. guess that's why they were at the thrift store...

Sweet Potato Princess

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Here is Myla enjoying her first bites of sweet potato! She started solids much later than Tenzin. They are different babies all together!

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First Bite

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Tenzin milled and gave Myla her first bite of food! Sweet potato for a sweet potato I say!
Tenzin was very excited to have such an important job.

Just sweet

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First Quilt

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Here is my practice rag quilt. Made from Myla's baby recieving blankets and a recycled shirt. Tenzin says we should write pookie on the star in the middle. Good idea!
I'm working on Tenzin's big quilt, so I wanted to try a mini one first. The danger is now that I have entered the addictive world of collecting quilting fabric.....

Mama and Baby Snail

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Tenzin's Baby

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For Tai's Day

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Beach Beauty

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Hiking by our house

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Tenzin the beach boy

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February Beach Days

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room for one more?

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More Myla

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The sweet cheeks!

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Tenzin & River

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After a very rough start it turns out that Tenzin and River are now best friends! If only everyone could move on so easily!

Potty time

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T art

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My Birthday in Van

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squishy one

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Bubbles

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One of the many...

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funny things I see each day!

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Myla is wearing a diaper cover that I sewed from a felted sweater. Super Soft!

Nana and Uncle Mick come to visit

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We had a lovely visit with Nana and Uncle Mick recently!

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ooooo I'm going to be 29 this Saturday! I'm going to Vancouver for my BD to hang out with Les and Mark who will be having a Chinese New Year party. I'm taking Myla of course. Tai and Tenzin will be staying home to have a "boys weekend" They are planning on baking a cake and making a toilet paper roll rocket ship.

Also on the news front- We have decided to make the move this summer to Whidbey Island. Lots of tossing ideas around (for months!) sorry to those of you that had to hear 1000 ideas before hand...
We are sad to leave blueberry pond, but excited about what lies ahead! Whidbey is north of seattle (we are south now) so it's not too far. There is a waldorf school, cheaper housing, slightly bigger community. We're excited! Not so far we can't still see our friends here and in Canada. So, new chapter for the Travis family once again!
I'll be home from Van on Sunday. Love to all!

Happy 2009!

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Gramy Bee and Grandpa Richard

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Gramy Bee and Grandpa Richard came to visit for new years. We all had a good time with good food and fireworks, and more presents of course! Now they can both have an arm full! Thanks for the visit!

bug jars

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This is what I often find laying around the house: jars with since dead bugs in them. not long ago I was going to sleep and felt something cold at my feet. It was a jar with a huge spider in it and a pile of marbles... boys....

Merry Christmas to all!

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and yes, we know we are dorks. The thing is Tenzin talked about the fact that him and Pappa had matching pajamas all year last year. He asked if the whole family could have matching pajamas this year, so who's to say no to that?
We were a big pile of stripes!
Next year? red and white candy cane stripes! (don't tell Tai!)

Tenzin's first camera

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Tenzin is very excited to have his own first camera!
Here are a few of the lines we heard after the opening:
"I'll show you the pictures later!"
"I took a picture of Pappa peeing!"
"It's not a toy, be careful with it!"

Thank you very much GG, Pop and Grandma Sue. Tenzin loves it!

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Christmas Eve

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Myla's first stocking!

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looks like Mamma

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I think this picture of Myla looks a lot like me when I was a baby (or people on my side of the family!)

The Travis Family’s world in four minutes 2008

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When Tai is not playing monkey house with Tenzin he is studying web design. He’s getting pretty good too! He has a new site called newsparkdesigns.com. If you look on his site you will see that one of his main reasons for doing web design is to keep up with all of his wife’s crazy business ideas. Yes, it’s true... we now have 3 businesses! Tai also had a grand adventure to Tibet with his Dad this year (lucky!) He also welcomed his daughter into the world and is absolutely in love.

Keri is always busy and always coming up with new schemes. The second year of running the preschool went much smoother for her. Seeing as things were a little too easy she decided to start another business called Violet Sprout (lovely things for children) The store is now open downtown! The most anticipated event of 2008 was giving birth to her beautiful girl Myla Joy. Everything went so well she still can’t believe it! Keri is very much enjoying her family and currently coming up with a new scheme... stay tuned....

This year Tenzin has decided to change his name to Tractor and has finally figured out what a tantrum is. He is still very passionate about becoming an air traffic controller but conflicted about next year’s Halloween costume. Being three and a half isn’t easy. He loves his baby more than anything else in the world and being a big brother is a job he takes very seriously. He continues to love everything in the sky, everything in the ocean and sushi with wasabi and pickled ginger. He has a bunny he calls Sandy Sand, a Siamese fighting fish he named Suki, and 2 salamanders. He has many friends and wishes there was school every day.

Myla is a wonder baby and every day we wonder how we got so lucky! She will be five months old on Christmas eve and has caught up with her brother in the big baby department. She also got her Mamma’s long legs and is outgrowing 12-18 month clothing already! There has been a few laughs, one roll over, but mostly she is just content to look at us and smile. This Christmas Myla wishes she could donate some cheek to other babies that are less fortunate.
Our family will be at home on Vashon island this Christmas having a cozy time and hoping for a few flakes of snow. We hope this letter finds you cozy too.

We are sending love and hugs!

Keri, Tai, Tenzin + Myla

save it in the freezer

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White Christmas!

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We have the most snow in a decade on Vashon island! It's really lovely to be snowed in and cozy for Christmas!

swing

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Tenzin wanted us to swing him like the baby. Look that that hair!

Sweet House!

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Look what I can do!

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Myla is grabbing toys and chewing on them, and rolling over!

Tenzin and Blake

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Tenzin and Blake at their first kids concert. It was a bit loud, and Blake fell asleep (probably from sensory overload) After the concert they went for a little spin.

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SNOW!

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We are very excited to have snow for Christmas... Now if only we could get a snow plow on this island so I could go get some baking ingredients!

Bonny Babe

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Play Date

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Today Tenzin had a play date with his friend Brian. We had our first snow on Vashon which was mighty exciting! They rode garbage can lids down the hill since we can't justify buying sleds for the chance to sled maybe once a year...

So, Tenzin has been getting one little chocolate in his advent calendar each day and saving them. He has been sharing when his friends come over to play which is great because it means less for him (and it's nice to see him sharing willingly!)
So today Tenzin gave Brian a chocolate and later when they were playing Brian said "give me another chocolate or I'll never come play at your house again!" Tenzin replied "I'll give you a chocolate the next time you come to play!"
Complex manipulation already!

Who needs a roof rack when there's room between the kids?!

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Christmasy Things

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Little Baker Man

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Myla's First Christmas!

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20 pounds of sweetness!

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Our Myla pie is now 20 lbs and 4 months old! In other words she is a chunk!! Considering Tenzin is 40 lbs... whew!
A HUGE thank you to Leslie Biggar at Sakura Photography for this beautiful photo!

The house that Tenzin built

2008-11-30T20:14:00.000-08:00

Here is my case for open ended toys! Look what he can do with blocks! He constantly blows me away. I wonder to myself if I could have come up with something so cool... Even better is that he can change it in an instant. His firetuck is easily converted into a boat and he's ready to go diving. I rest my case.

I love my baby

2008-11-30T20:07:00.000-08:00

Tenzin continues to be a very sweet big brother to Myla. We have yet to see any sort of dislike towards the baby which we are so thankful for! This morning while Tai and I were attempting to sleep Tenzin was entertaining Myla on the other side of the bed and running his 3.5 year old commentary which seems to never end sometimes. This is what I overheard in my groggyness:
"Here baby, here's your toy. Oh, I think I heard a little clank baby, I think you have a toof! Oh, you're so cute I think I should take a picture of you. You're such a sweet baby!" and it went on and on. CUTE!
Tenzin is personally driving Tai and I crazy right now so the fact that he is super sweet to the baby really helps.

We just put up Tenzin's mini Christmas tree in his room today, and he is VERY excited to have blinking lights on it! (with a little controller) THANKS NANA!

Visitors Beware

2008-11-30T19:58:00.000-08:00

Beware all visitors! This may be what comes of you when left in the same room as Tenzin.

The mushroom and the snail!

2008-11-08T12:33:00.001-08:00

So I managed to pull together Tenzin's request for an orange snail costume (Can't wait to hear what I have to make next year!) I also made Myla a cute little mushroom hat. On Halloween we went to town for the usual photo and to see our friends in costume. Then we went to help with a kids trick or treat trail where I was mother earth in a little forest vignette. (see photo with me nursing the mushroom baby)
This is also me and Tai's 8th anniversary (since we met) WOW! Time does fly!
Myla is really working on rolling over now and she had her first laugh! She laughed when Tai asked her to jump right over from my arms to his. She is a very happy and easy baby. She is even sleeping though the night now! We have a busy few months ahead with lots going on at school. Tai is back in the preschool with me now since it seems we have a wonder baby! Tai has Myla in the carrier at school, and she is very content.
Tenzin's calling me to read a book, must be off!

Halloween

2008-11-08T12:21:00.000-08:00

Preschool Halloween Party

2008-11-08T12:19:00.000-08:00